Tag: treaty change

UK Conservatives have welcomed "clear concessions to Britain" which were included in the latest draft of the European fiscal pact, leaked to the press yesterday (11 January). The European Parliament meanwhile rejected the new treaty draft, saying it undermines the EU institutions.

Following Britain's veto of last week's treaty deal for fiscal union, Irish leaders have had to walk an increasingly narrow line between Brussels and London. Finance Minister Michael Noonan has mentioned the possibility of a referendum on the euro, EurActiv France reports.

The necessity to extend the EU competence in the field of fiscal policy is crucial and it lies in the hands of the European Parliament to address it since the EU lacks credible leadership at the moment, says British Liberal MEP Andrew Duff.

The incoming Danish EU Presidency will try to get "as far as possible" on the next EU budget for 2014-2020, knowing that a deal is unlikely to be struck until the end of its term, the country's ambassador in Brussels said yesterday (23 November).

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday (14 November) that Europe could be living through its toughest hour since the second world war as new leaders in Italy and Greece rushed to form governments and limit the damage from the eurozone debt crisis.

The UK parliament is expected to pass a controversial bill today (24 January) that will make it necessary to hold referenda on any future EU treaty changes involving transfers of power to Brussels.

The Deauville Declaration of Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy is the most visible of the five possible treaty changes since the Lisbon Treaty came into effect – and it would close a significant loophole in the euro zone, write Piotr Maciej Kaczyński and Peadar ó Broin, research fellows at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS).